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National Green Tribunal seeks Rohini polluting units report

NGT also sought to know the types of pollutants generated, and asked the authorities to take samples of emissions and...

17 Feb 2017 6:32 AM IST

Nandini Sharma and Kabir Arora, Class 11 students of Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, bagged the innovation award on Wednesday after a two-month-long science competition on the topic Mitigating Air Pollution in Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Hot air over foul air

The report claims that half of the world's 4.2 million premature deaths due to air pollution were recorded in India and...

16 Feb 2017 1:19 AM IST

India still has ministers deniying a strong connection between air pollution and mortality despite evidence (Photo: AFP)

India, China have half of all pollution related deaths globally

China and India, the world's two most populated nations, each accounted for 1.1 million deaths, the findings showed.

14 Feb 2017 11:24 AM IST

According to medical journal The Lancet, over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution and some of the worst polluted cities of the world are in India. (Photo: PTI/File)

2 Indians die every minute due to air pollution: study

The study says causes of air pollution and climate change are intricately linked and needed to be tackled together.

19 Feb 2017 9:03 AM IST

Mr Gahlot, an MLA from Najafgarh, faced an uphill task of boosting the public transport infrastructure with the state transporter DTC having a depleting number of buses.

For transport department, 2017 was a tough year

A highlight of the year for the department was the appointment of Kailash Gahlot as the new transport minister, by CM...

31 Dec 2017 1:48 AM IST

A flock of bar headed geese.

Pollution delays arrival of winter birds?

Environmental experts said that the species diversity and the number of birds have been fluctuating for some years now.

31 Dec 2017 1:45 AM IST

The tribunal said there cannot be any worst source of air pollution than burning of carbon and plastic. (Photo: PTI)

Lower IQ, psychiatric problems in children linked to air pollution

Women exposed during preconception period or one month after it have higher risk of children being born with birth...

28 Dec 2017 8:22 AM IST

Air pollution a growing concern in India. (Photo: AP)

Now environment marshals take charge of 7 Delhi wards

Fourteen home guards have already been posted in seven wards of three municipal corporations.

28 Dec 2017 1:19 AM IST

Women and nonwhites also faced a mortality risk that was 25 percent higher than those who were male or white. (Photo: Pixabay)

Air pollution ups death in elderly women

The results indicated that during the study period, almost 22 million people died.

27 Dec 2017 2:52 PM IST

Scientists have long known that air pollution increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases including atherosclerosis and heart failure. (Photo: Pixabay)

Air pollution may increase heart disease risk: study

Changes in HDL levels may already appear after brief and medium-length exposures to air pollution, researchers said.

14 April 2017 8:59 PM IST

The stations will monitor and display levels of air pollutants, including oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, apart from measuring wind velocity and temperatures.(Photo: PTI/File)

10 air quality monitors across NCR

The tenders for installation of these new real-time air pollution monitoring stations have already been issued.

6 April 2017 2:15 AM IST

A 55-seat bus powered by biogas, sourced from cow dung, was launched on Friday. The operators claim it is Indias first such bus service. (Photo: PTI)

First bio-gas bus in Kolkata with flat Re 1 fare

All buses will have a flat fare of Re 1 irrespective of the distance, even in excess of 40 km.

2 April 2017 5:57 PM IST